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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.
"Dewey Defeats Truman" was an erroneous banner headline on the front page of the early editions of the Chicago Daily Tribune (later Chicago Tribune) on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States president Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, in the 1948 presidential election.
The 1948 United States elections were held on November 2, 1948. The election took place during the beginning stages of the Cold War. Democratic incumbent President Harry S. Truman was elected to a full term in an upset, defeating Republican nominee New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and two erstwhile Democrats.
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In an outcome that rivaled 1948 for shock value, Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016, due in part to late-campaign preference shifts that polls mostly failed to detect in such key states as ...
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See the full text transcript of Donald Trump's inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
Here is the full text of President Donald Trump’s inauguration address, delivered on January 20, 2025, in the Capitol Rotunda. In his speech, Trump promised a “golden age of America ...